Pokémon Direct Summary
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blhaSxUJ-OU
The recently finished Pokémon Direct gave some great new information about Pokémon X and Pokémon Y, as well as shedding some light on a new service being launched alongside the two games called Pokémon Bank.
New Pokémon?
Eagle-eyed fans have spotted that a new Pokémon makes a very brief appearance in the Direct broadcast. There’s no further information on the Pokémon. But we’ll bring updates when they arrive!
Pokémon Bank
This service will allow players to store their Pokémon online in a central place and will work across different copies of Pokémon X & Y. There will be an annual fee, but Pokémon Bank will be able to hold up to 3,000 Pokémon and is accessible anywhere you have a 3DS compatible internet connection.
Sorting and moving Pokémon has been made easy with search tools which allow players to look for Pokémon of a certain type or sort them by different criteria.
Mega Venusaur, Charizard and Blastoise
Mega Venusaur
“When Venusaur becomes Mega Venusaur, the flower on the Pokémon’s back blooms even more fantastically than before. Its legs and frame become more sturdy to support the weight of the huge flower.”
Mega Venusaur’s type remains the same, but its ability becomes Thick Fat which reduces damage from TWO of its weaknesses: Fire-type & Ice-type attacks. The Mega Evolution also grants it increased Defense and Special Defense.
Mega Charizard
“When Charizard becomes Mega Charizard, its pointed horns and long tail give the Pokémon a look of sleek sharpness. Mega Charizard is in a league of its own when it comes to flying prowess, able to reach incredible heights.”
Mega Charizard also retains its original Fire/Flying typing (sorry to those of you who wanted Fire/Dragon!), but does get an exciting new ability: Drought! Perfect for Sunny Day teams! The official site has confirmed that it has improved Special Attack.
Mega Blastoise
“The two rocket launchers on Blastoise’s shoulders turn into a single huge cannon when it Mega Evolves into Mega Blastoise. This cannon boasts a blast range so great that it can strike targets more than six miles away!”
Mega Blastoise, like the rest, retains its Water typing, but gains a new ability introduced in Generation VI: Mega Launcher. This ability raises the power of “pulse” type moves, such as Water Pulse and Dark Pulse.
Pokémon X & Y Special Edition 3DS XLs
For North American and European Pokémon fans, the two exclusive X & Y-themed 3DS XL models have been announced for sale outside of Japan. They come in a blue or red edition to correlate with the games.
Gosh, 3,000 box space at the bank. That’s not nearly enough to hold all my Chespin babies! :O
They are preparing us for the real world! 😀
ahahahahahahah!! omg who isn thee world have 3000 pokemon?
Umm… Kawaii Girl.
ahahah good oone!!
Every Pokemon she encounters she will say, “KAWAIIIII!!!!!” then catches it.
Shiny hatchers!
I have a question: You cant battle Trevor/Tierno… thats true?D: Because fuck why our rivals are girls -.- ( girls you’re cool but we need a man as rival)
No, you battle them. You just couldn’t battle them in the Demo.
They might have Kalos-only pokemon as starters that we have not seen yet, so it’s a surprise!
Could be!
Maybe. Yet, it seems like you get the Kanto-Starters a bit later in the game! If you noticed only you, Serena, and Calem/Shauna were the only ones who came with you!
i dont think so
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyPX5hAC2Mo&feature=c4-overview&list=UU_tAq8S6QgTIJEJRd3NlBuw
Skip to about 0:16…it sounds like their implying that we will get them at the beginning
Oh and the pokebeach rumors were right about Sycamore giving us the kanto starters
Hirobyte? Don’t you mean the Pokebeach rumors?
yeah my bad
His reaction was priceless.
ohhh thanks 😀
you have a rival that is your opp gender
if you choose the male you’ll get 2 rivals famale
I guess that is true, I will be choosing the female so I get both
No. In the Demo you cannot battle them. Read my comment below because I explain it! You can’t battle them in the demo because they have there own Pokemon! You can battle them in X & Y!
Maybe they kept Mega Charizard Fire/Flying and not Fire/Dragon so it can participate in the awesome sky battles?
Or just because they’re the classics, leave them as is.
I don’t think so. I would have loved Charizard to be Fire/Dragon. Also, Flygon was in a Sky Battle and it is Ground/Dragon.
Yes, but Flygon has Levitate. Flying types and those with Levitate can participate in them.
Yea! I added it to my comment! I could see Pokemon like Eelektross, Dudou, etc. not being able to participate!
You mean being able to participate?
It’d be pretty weird those Pokemon Afarr mentioned participating in Sky Battles, I could definitely see them not being able to participate too.
I can see certain moves. like Gravity and Knock Down, to be banned too. It would be a bit unfair for an Electric type to parti-
wait, Zapdos and Emolga. They are part Electric.
Gravity ends the sky battle! xD
oh gosh YES I really love Mega Charizards design. And Mega Venasaur’s new ability is fantastic, its’ my favorite gen 1 starter I can’t wait to use it ahhhhh
I also really love the bank idea, only 5 dollars a year, that’s really good and affordable for a lot of people. I’m glad they are not milking it, it could be 5 dollars a month like most things are now a days.
Going back to this Pokemon, I really hope this is Alpaca-like, because who doesn’t like llamas? (DeviantART has plenty of them) What type do you think it is? It could be Normal/Ice with good defenses.
Normal/Dark
I hope it’s dark. I only use fire, electric, dragon, and dark types (avatar challenge fire nation), and my school has a llama named Wizard. I would totally name it Wizard, which would work too cuz it would be like a Dark Wizard
I can totally see this thing using Cotton Guard, btw.
Hmm. Normal, Dark, Ice. Those types are running through my mind!
Normal/Ice?
http://pokejungle.net/2013/09/04/mega-evolutions-kanto-starters-pokemon-bank-revealed/#comment-1030026111
Not a good type combination defensively…
Because of Fighting of right?
I say Normal/Dark
I for one would really love a psychic llama!
Not being able to see it’s eyes reminds me of Deino… But I think it will be Normal/Dark
Chespin Torchic and Squirtle FTW
I like this. A lot. Clears things about the connectivity and I’m glad they resolved it. Actually, it’s a lot more than I expected. And I knew the Trevor or Tierno had to give you the starters, but I’m glad that Sycamore gives you the Kanto ones. Maybe I’ll use them, who knows? I might just want to try out the new Pokemon first. But I do like the Mega designs, particularly Mega Charizard. It looks like a awesome dragon (If only…..if only…IsowantedDragontypeforCharizard). And that new Pokemon? I want it, it’s so fluffy xDI really hope it gets addressed soon (and not be like Oorotto…..forreal don’t ignore your mistake, GF!). All in all, I’m beyond MEGA excited for X and Y to come out! 38 days away!
38 days too many… c:
at least it’s not another 9 months away.
True dat.
Agreed. That dry period after the announcement was like torture times infinity
These 38 days are gonna go by so fast.
Or really slow if you pay too much attention. Get your mind off of this (if you can), and before you know it, the games are out by tomorrow. 😉
Hahaha, that’s right!
Easier said than done for me. I would be like ‘…………………………………….Time to check for more news five minutes later! :D’
I’m that pathetic
*slow
Dang, DeviantART, you sure work fast! *sniff* *sniff* Do I smell cute Alpaca Pokemon?
got any links? 🙂
http://www.deviantart.com/?order=24&q=alpaca+pokemon
How hard it tries, it won’t have cool hairdo as this infamous emo llama
That’s how you make it simple yet effective, sorry.
somethign bout it is….AWSOME. Man I waaaant.
Umbrella ella eh eh…
umbrella ghost…………….
Skrillex Llama?
SO do you get both starters at he same time or after you finish the game
I don’t think we know yet, but its sounds like they’re implying that we get them as soon as we arrive to the Professor.
First you get the Kalos starters from Tierno (I think) Then when you meet Sycamore at Lumiose city he will give you the Kanto starters.
So… this would really be like the Monkeys. Only we decide which one we want, and that, oh, THEY ARE STARTERS AND NOT MONKEY REPLACEMENTS!
Yup. Which team are you going with? Chespin and Charmander <33
Pretty much XD.
Since we are getting a Torchic and I need a water type and one of my favorite Pokemon is Mudkip I’m Masuda methoding a shiny one to use in my playthrough.
Heh. I have my Shiny Charizard, and I’m not really sure if there are any other Shiny Starters I’d really like to get in preparation…
ima picking fennekin and bulba.
O so pretty much right after you get the Kalos starters you can get the Kanto Starters
Yeah pretty much xD
I believe it goes like this! Prof. Sycamore sends you everything you need to start! (3 Pokemon (Trevor and Tierno already have there own), 5 Pokedexes, and 25 Pokeballs! Then when you beat the game you return to Prof. Sycamore and he gives you your Kanto Starter! Yet, this in not 100% Confirmed, yet Tierno and Trevor already having there own Pokemon is!
Actually im pretty sure we’re gonna get the kanto starters at the beginning of our adventure…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyPX5hAC2Mo&feature=c4-overview&list=UU_tAq8S6QgTIJEJRd3NlBuw
yeah watch this video…it sounds like they imply we get them at the beginning…at 0:16
Magnezone has a gender????
I dont think soo
It evidentially does now.
I dont understand where is this information coming from ?!!?!?!?!???!?
from the recent footage and screen shots
http://www.pokemonxy.com/_ui/img/_en/screenshots/sept_bank_p3_01_quoa3.jpg
There you go.
Thanks
Do you guys think all the gender less Pokemon will get genders?
I think so….it would make attract a lot more useful. Plus the french language has masculine or feminine words, but no neuter….maybe that’s why….???
whered you see that at?
EDIT:Ohhh. its on that pic down their. da heck? I thought magenzone was genderless
It is either an error, or it’s a new fact. If it took 17 years for Pokémon Professors to discover the fairy type, then maybe it took them the same amount of time to discover that a bunch of sentient magnets can indeed learn attract now.
Maybe it’s just a sample screenshot and they didn’t pay attention to it, Audino
Jolteon is Electric/Normal???? Right above Pikachu
http://www.pokemonxy.com/_ui/img/_it/screenshots/sept_bank_p3_01_it_quoa3.jpg
… Uuuuh, no it’s not.
http://www.pokemonxy.com/_ui/img/_en/screenshots/sept_bank_p3_01_quoa3.jpg
As I just realized you can see Jolteon at the top. There is clearly no other Element Box there. It’s pure Electric.
Why is the italian one different from the english one? refresh the page to see my link.
… Wtf? Yeah I didn’t see that…. Just… What is THAT noise?
noise???
Eh, another word for nonsense, kinda picked it up from a friend, heh. But regardless, the important point is, that makes no sense.
Electrical Engineering reference….
But yeah…this makes no sense…and both are from the official websites….WHAT!?
The churning in my stomach cannot stop! Mega-Charizard looks too epic for words to describe. That sleek, jet-like body, the mad horns sticking out from it’s head. Game Freak you made me proud to be a Nintendo/Game Freak fan today. Not that I had any doubts. cough*cough ;D
The starters seem to retain most if not all of their Original Form designs with an exception for Charizard. It seems very simple yet epic just something that haters need because too drastic of a change can “RUIN” their Childhood.”May the odds EVER be in our FAVOR.”
Lol If genwunners still aren’t satisfied yet they need to just go die or go play some bakugan or something
I have to say, I thought Bakugan was a good idea. It just never took off.
Amen to that!
Yay! Venusaur is even more defensive!
with thick fat. THICK FAT. this is frikin amazing
I know! I suddenly LOVE Bulbasaur! That means its only weak to psychic right?
And Flying.
Thanks. It also is still weak to fire and ice, just not as bad.
WIth thick fat, it takes effectively neutral damage from fire and ice attacks. And it’s POISON. Fighting resist and FAIRY KILLER
Exactly! It finally gets love! Right now I’m disappointed with Blastoise.
Wait but Blastoise looks awesome, even as Venusaur fan myself
It’s not so much the design. It’s the ability and no secondary typing(that’s not as big of a deal.) right now the boosted stats haven’t been revealed. That will be the seller for me.
Oh I know what you mean. Yeah we don’t know much about Mega Launcher ability, but it has to be useful, other wise they wouldn’t give to blastoise.
Mega Launcher is GARBAGE. It only increase the power of pulse moves. shouldve gave blastoise an ability that powers up beam and cannon moves 🙁
Again we don’t know the details just yet. Maybe all of blastoise’s stats are boosted evenly, so there is nothing prominent to write. Plus I never expected Sky Uppercut to be boosted by iron fist. I thought that it literally had to have the word “punch” in it to be boosted. Maybe Mega Launcher boosts Hydro Pump, I mean it makes sense.
Hyper Beam and Hydro Cannon would be OP’d to the max.
Perhaps there’s a new, more powerful pulse move. But right now it seems pointless if it can only use it with water pulse.
I’ve always loved Bulbasaur…
and combine that wityh more def. and sp.def and you have one hell of a tank. plus it resists poison….only flying scares him. 🙂 K I am picking bulba as my starter than
Yes…Bulbasaur is my favorite starter from kanto…
the new pokemon looks like a mix of deino with the hair in face, absol’s colors, and a goat
im calling it Normal/Dark, Normal/Ice or Ice
I called Normal/Ice too.
What new pokemon?
its on here somewhere…its like a llama looking thing thats black and white. If you dont see it you can check serebii real quick
The one thing that really pisses me off about all of this is the fact that the special GOLD X and Y 3DS XL won’t be available in America. SMH
So Pokemon Direct did give us what some of us were hoping for: a new Pokemon!
It gave me exactly what I was hoping for 🙂
Aren’t they going to be released in December? Does this mean I can’t import Pokemon until December?? D:
Nope, not until December. They still have to develop it, and I guess this makes sure people who buy the game right away can’t immediately transfer over super strong Pokemon to breeze through the game.
Oh 🙁 Should I get Chespin, Squirtle, and Torchic then?
CHESPIN
Or you can use one of the other two, and I can trade you a Chespin egg when we get the opportunity to breed.
I wanted to use the Kanto starters though. It looks like I’m going to use Mudkip on the other version I get after.
Squirtle then? Arm cannons!
Maybe or I could go down the route of Charmander and avoiding Torchic…
Mega Charizard is pretty damn awesome.
It looks really different from Charizard!
Just imagine a shiny one 😉
They have to make them for all the other starters now or fans would form a huge rebellion. Just imagine a Mega Sceptile 😉 Tsunekazu Ishihara said that he cant wait to see what ALL the Pokemon look like in their Mega forms…Something along those lines..
My first Pokemon is going to unleash its potential!! ^_^
I hope Mega Sceptile gets a boost in Attack. It sort of got nerfed after the Physical/Special split of Generation 4 where it was attacks classified as such, and not types. Sceptile can learn so many awesome physical moves like Leaf Blade, Rock Slide, and Earthquake!
Did you see it using Leaf Blade in the game? If not heres the link- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bf96hohxyM&feature=c4-overview&list=UU7yMooezVAKSTHrL-pG3sWg it’s around 6:40.
Yes! So awesome! Look at Sceptile in 3D <3
I can just imagine the Mega evolutions yet to be revealed in CoroCoro! (Swampert please hurry up and reveal yourself)
I would love if Sceptile and Swampert were two of the Mega Evolutions revealed in a few days! 😀
Mega Sceptile, Mega Torterra, Mega Serperior, Mega Meganium, Mega Swampert, and Mega Empoleon are going to look SOOOOOOOOOOO EPIC
Mega Serperior better have Contrary!
x9000! Have you ever thought that the Pokemon in the screenshots from the boxes could be getting Mega Evolutions? If so Gyarados, and the others in the Pokemon Bank screenshots will be Mega evolved!
Nope, didn’t think that hahaha. I just thought it was a lot of random Pokemon, and it was a lot of legendaries lol.
Also a lot of the Pokemon in the trailers have been getting them so you never know 😀 Gyarados has been featured in trailers, screenshots..It’s also a very likely candidate.
Mega Evolve back into a Magikarp, but with insane stats! xD
Oh Game freak..it’s what you do to meee xD You know these are the best games ever and they are definitely going to be worth the wait! The more I see the more obsessed! I’m supposed to be finishing homework and finish reading a book and write a literary analysis/essay before Friday, here I am on Pokejungle all day long XD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwrstxuicZk&list=UUZywaCS_y9YOSSAC9z3dIeg&feature=player_embedded#t=0
BTW, this^
LMAO! Never saw that! Dirk did a great reenactment!
Oh GEICO…you know I saw a green lizard around my house the other day I went to take a picture but it ran off : I see we are getting off topic, wouldn’t like to get the Mods mad! BTW, “I ate a dirty cheeseburger the other day” 😉
If Gyarados, then Milotic!
Mega Swampert with Sap Sipper will crush souls in its wake.
All the more reason for me to want one!
they probs won’t do Sap Sipper :/
it would be cool and all.. but personally i want something like pure power or Huge power. Since Swampert has high attack stats already it would a pretty good abillity for it
AGREE!!!!
It would be too much if all Pokemon, but all starters yes.
Mega Blastoise will be such a tank.
Also , if you have both X and Y downloaded to your 3/2ds you can swap them via ‘First National Bank of Kalos’.
I’m so excited for X and Y because I know the remaining days will fly over. I remember saying, Eight Weeks to go! And now It is so close!
I also really like the new Pokemon that was shown, briefly lol. I see it being on my team :3
Hey everyone! I checked the Pokémon X and Y U.S. website: http://www.pokemonxy.com/en-us/strategy/. According to this picture, Mawile is exclusive to Pokémon X because Clauncher and Swirlix are in the same box with it!
X and never looked back. Hope Clauncher becomes water/fire
waht really. WOOOO. So I wonder who is gonna be the 3rd er 4th(counting yvetal) exclusive for y
It’ll be Sableye. It’s Mawile’s counterpart.
*Face palm* oh yeah. I remember now.
How can you say that?
It’s like saying Helioptile is exclusive to Pokemon X because its in the same box also.
He makes his statement because in all the games where Mawile and Sableye were in, they were both version exclusives 😉
I’m digging these sprite/models,
If Sableye is exclusive to Pokemon Y, I will chuck a Cascoon into Lake Verity. Where it will be caught by a majestic shiny MAGIKARP.
I wonder if you have the Kalos starters before you start your adventure. Maybe the game asks you at the same time you pick your gender…
I don’t think you do. Doesn’t Tierno give it to you? And the trailers show you choosing it… Plus Shauna asks to see the starters…
Screw the kalos starter evos.This is good enough news for me. And I cant wait to go on a journey with fennekin AND bulba(sorry. too lazy to add saur)
is Mega Charizard supposed to resemble something like a mutant pterodactyl…?
Just realized it has wings on its hands
is it? lol. I believe so…. Ehhh. blastoise is weirder though. it has MINI cannons on its hands. Itd be better if it just had that single cannon on its back.
Yes! I thought Mega Blastoise was pretty bizarre looking…
Now I have to worry about which kalos starter to pick I want blastiose but charivari looks so awesome also I want venesaur but I will most likely be choosing chespin what do you guys think I should choose. Also with the new pokemon bank I will somehow have to convince my mom to let me get a deput card 🙁
Ask for a $15 3DS card for your Birthday, it’ll pay for the Pokemon Bank for 3 years.
Or Christmas!
Oh, even better because it’s right at that time!
That’s a really good idea p.s are there any pokemon events in china because my moms there and I could get here to go
You can get an E-Shop card for $20 I don’t know if they are going to make one especially for the Pokemon Bank but with $20 you can get 4 years worth of the service. They are at Walmart for $20. http://www.3dsview.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/prepaid.png
Gen 6 is the BEST GENERATION….agree with me. (yes you too genwunners)
By far the best, and we haven’t even played the games yet!
Or you can just buy a 2DS!!! 😀
lololol
What do you mean? O.o Skiddo is confused by your reply :p (I know what a 2DS is, don’t explain that part to me)
omg are im a skiddo too!
I AGREE.
Many people will cry on October 12th, as i am resisting to do so right now.
..and i still dont have a 3ds….
Don’t worry you will have one….
if i have to get a frikin job…..I WILL DO IT
This is worth getting a job for.
ME 2, I will get one
I’m crying in joy.
I am crying at gamefreaks incredible sucess
I can’t believe they successfully made Mega Evolutions for Gen 1 starters that even genwunners have to sit down and like.
They kept the simplicity of their designs and just brought it out beautifully.
agree, I’m looking forward to more
yes agree.(cept blastoise kinda. but oh well. its still cool)
If all of this crying keeps up the world will be flooded within the next couple of months. We have to try to stop crying or gamefreak will get blamed for our own destruction.
Don’t worry, Team Magma will save us!
Idea. Next generation six game is based in Hoenn 12 years later. Since the past events Teams Magma and Aqua have become good guys and are now on the same team. Furthermore there is a new team that wants to catch Rayquaza and in doing so he is not there to stop Groudon and Kyogre who are fighting again.
We haven’t seen Gen 6 yet.
My response cannot change regardless. I mean my expectations were already crossed over on January because it’s the first 3D pokemon game. You have no idea what everything else is making me feel right now…..
I agree!